A VICIOUS Halesowen thug stamped on  a man's head in a vicious, drunken
street attack has avoided jail. 


Maximilian Colley, aged 22, left victim Neil Chivers with a serious ear injury and a punctured lung after the ugly incident in Queensway.


Colley was aggressive after being ejected from the Wetherspoons pub because of his unruly behaviour and he was threatening to “take everyone on,” said Mr Paul Spratt prosecuting.


He said Maximillian told people on the scene he was “going to batter everyone who had been in the pub” before pushing over a young woman and then being punched by a man.


Mr Spratt said he then attacked Mr Chivers and he lashed out with a string of blows after knocking him to the ground before stamping on him and kicking him “like a football.”


It was a “significant and brutal attack on a young man who had done nothing wrong,” and he had to spend five days
in hospital being treated for his injuries.
Recorder David Mason QC told Colley he hoped he felt shame after watching the incident which was caught on
CCTV.


“I have watched you in the dock and I can see the effect these proceedings have had on you,” said the Recorder.
“I know you were shocked when you saw what you did and you find it hard to believe you acted in that way.”


He added: “You got so drunk you could not handle it and as a result your behaviour was idiotic. What you did
that night was utterly disgraceful.  You put a man in hospital after what was a persistent attack.”


Colley, of Iverley Road, admitted causing grievous bodily harm and affray and he was given a 20 month jail term
suspended for two years.


He was further ordered to carry out 200 hours unpaid work in the community and to pay Mr Chivers £2,500 compensation
for his injuries.


They were offences, ruled the Recorder, that merited an immediate prison sentence but he said it was better if he was forced to stay out of further trouble with police and to pay for the damage he had caused to the victim.


Mr Timothy Pole defending said Colley was full of remorse for his behaviour and he accepted it was a serious incident of public disorder.


He said the initial violence came from a man who was in Mr Chivers’ group - it was simply not an unprovoked attack.


“He behaved completely out of character. He made a mistake as young men often do.”